59
Why did you choose September? To avoid the summer tourists and the Scottish midges! Are you pleased you did it? Thrilled. When I found out I had Parkinson’s I was shocked I must admit. When you are fit and healthy you think you are invincible, ‘nothing could happen to me’ but it can. So I’m pleased I have completed such a big challenge and helped out a worthy cause. PIERS What were your top moments? Being off the beaten track and seeing quieter parts of the country that I have never seen before. We planned our route along the east coast avoiding busy roads, hills and most cities. We regularly found ourselves on towpaths, disused railways and farm tracks which was lovely. Where did you all sleep? For the first week Kate and I slept in our campervan and we put Kit in a small tent under our awning.
We couldn’t let him inside as he snores very loudly! When Penny joined us they stayed in their hired campervan. We did wild camping mostly as we had all the facilities we needed on board. How did you charge the all important bike batteries? The campervan has solar panels so we had two on charge all the time which we kept swapping. Were there any bike mishaps? None, we went all that way without a puncture or a slipped chain. Did any local companies help out at all? Paul Tomlin, who owns Big Peaks bicycle store in Ashburton provided us with a support package - which included a Garmin. That was so helpful and we want to say a big thank you to Paul and his staff for their support. Another round of applause goes to Nigel Roberts, James Eastwood and Gareth Whitehouse of Trek Bikes who provided back up lithium batteries
for the duration of the ride . Did you do much training? Not a great deal. I’m pretty sporty - I do a lot of mountain biking, paddle boarding and wind surfing. What kept you going? Flapjacks! We got through a lot. Also, an occasional beer and large portions of pasta and rice. Was there a final celebration? Kate poured a bottle of champagne over us at Lands End! Then we went to the Dunes and sat drinking another bottle whilst overlooking St Ives.
01803 834488 • 07710 425883 •
info@ciaranmcclennon.co.uk www.ciaranmcclennon.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100
